Rawai
Rawai is a town in Rawai, Mueang Phuket, Phuket and has about 17,000 residents. Rawai is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nai Harn, as well as near Kata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 17,000 residents
- Description: subdistrict municipality in Phuket province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Ban Ra Wai” and “Ban Rawei”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ko Bon and Sunset viewpoint from Phromthep Cape.
Ko Bon
Photo: Dawn in Phuket, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ko Bon is a small island SSE of Ko Phuket. It lies 1-2 km off-shore.
Sunset viewpoint from Phromthep Cape
Scenic viewpoint
Sunset viewpoint from Phromthep Cape is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km southwest of Rawai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rawai and Nai Han.
Rawai
Photo: WolfgangHolzem1965, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rawai is a seafront village in Phuket. The northern part of Rawai is known as Hat Mittraphap, and has some beachfront, while the southern portion is the urban area and a port called Laem Ka.
Nai Han
Nai Han, more commonly referred to as Nai Harn, is a beach at the southernmost tip of Phuket, near Laem Phromthep. The northern bit of Nai Han is Ao Sen.
Kata
Neighborhood
Photo: ADwarf, Public domain.
Hat Kata Noi is a beach on the southwest side of the island of Phuket in Thailand. It is adjacent to Kata Beach to the south. The beach is bordered to the north by the Mon Tri's Villa Royale Resort, and most of the beachfront is occupied by the resort of Kata Thani. Kata is situated 4½ km northwest of Rawai.
Rawai
- Categories: subdistrict municipality, subdistrict administrative organization, and locality
- Location: Rawai, Mueang Phuket, Phuket, Southern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.77581° or 7° 46′ 33″ northLongitude
98.32772° or 98° 19′ 40″ eastPopulation
17,000Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
6MVWQ8GH+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 2420998962OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1155010Wikidata ID
Q15629557
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Thai—“Rawai” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rawai”
- German: “Rawai”
- Russian: “Равай”
- Thai: “เทศบาลตำบลราไวย์”
- Thai: “ราไวย์”
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Highlights include Rawai Pier and Wat Sawang Arom.
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